tot

tot · noun¹

1. Scots · borrowed fromtot
2. English todaytot

Borrowed from Scots tot, a shortened form of totum (“small child; tot”), of uncertain origin, perhaps shortened from totter (“to move in an unsteady way”), Compare tottle, also Old Norse tottr (“name of a dwarf”), Swedish tutte (“small child”), Danish tommeltot (“little child”).

tot · verb, noun²

Clipping of total (“to sum”).